Lluís Sitjar Stadium Explained

Lluís Sitjar
Fullname:Estadio Lluís Sitjar
Former Names:Es Fortí (1945 – 1960)
Location:Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Opened:1945
Closed:partly in 1999, and fully closed in 2007
Demolished:2014
Owner:RCD Mallorca
Asociación de Copropietarios del Lluís Sitjar
Surface:Grass
Architect:Carlos Garau
Capacity:18,000
Dimensions:103mx69mm (338feetx226feetm)
Tenants:RCD Mallorca (1945—1999)
RCD Mallorca B (1983—2007)

Estadi Lluís Sitjar was a multi-use stadium in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of RCD Mallorca. The stadium was able to hold 18,000 people and opened in 1945. RCD Mallorca left the stadium in 1999 when ONO Estadi (Son Moix) opened, but the reserve team RCD Mallorca B continued to use the stadium until 2007, before they moved to Son Bibiloni, the club's training complex to the north of Palma.

Its name is due to Lluís Sitjar Castellà, former president of RCD Mallorca on several occasions. It was renamed after him on 1960.[1]

Demolition work of the stadium began in November 2014[2] [3] and was completed in April 2015.[4]

References

  1. Gran Enciclopèdia de Mallorca. Volume 16. Page 313
  2. http://www.diariodemallorca.es/palma/2014/11/26/campo-futbol-lluis-sitjar-sera/979449.html El campo de fútbol Lluís Sitjar será un solar a dos meses de las elecciones
  3. http://www.elmundo.es/album/baleares/2014/11/25/5474da9d22601d8f588b4572_9.html Adiós al Lluís Sitjar
  4. http://www.elmundo.es/baleares/2015/02/16/54e2140e22601de2748b4599.html La demolición del estadio Lluís Sitjar finalizará en abril

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